One day after the names of Iranian presidential candidates were announced by the Guardian Council, there was a tense security atmosphere in several areas of Tehran on May 22, following news of the disqualification of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei as candidates, several eyewitnesses told the International Campaign for Human Rights in […]
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Security forces in place for announcement of candidates
An Iranian opposition website reports that Tehran “has put on a military face” as the Guardian Council is set to announce today the presidential candidates that have been approved to run in the election. The Kaleme website writes that the possible disqualification of Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, the preferred candidate of the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad camp, […]
Karroubi’s Letter to Mr. Khamenei Denounces Security Forces
Mohammad Hossein Karroubi, the son of political dissident under house arrest since February 2011 Mehdi Karroubi, has written a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei decrying the continued confiscation of personal items security forces took in February 2013. “On February 11, 2013, security forces accompanying a representative from the Prosecutor’s Office, who had […]
Security and Intelligence Forces’s Outrageous Demand From Family Members of Dervishes
The Families of imprisoned Dervishes announced that, the Ministry of Information has asked them to declare: “All detained dervishes in Tehran’s Evin and Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison are not Dervishes (!) and not related to Nematollahi Gonabadi order and would act independently!”According to Majzooban Noor, in an interview with “Raha News”, the wife of […]
Iranian security forces disrupt dervish protest
Gonabadi dervishes gathered in front of Evin Prison today in support of jailed dervishes and their lawyers.
Jailed Dervish Ali Reza Roushan Shaved Hair to Protest Abusive Behavior by Security Forces Toward Imprisoned Dervishes
Gonabadi dervish, Ali Reza Roushan who is currently serving his sentence in Ward 350 of Evin Prison, shaved his hair off to protest violations of dervishes rights.
Security Forces Raid 5 Iranian Newspapers
Iranian security forces are reported to have arrested more than a dozen journalists in raids on five newspapers in Tehran.
Further news: Increased Security Forces and Surrounded the Dervishes in a Tight Circle
Shahrekord’s dervishes are still surrounded by security forces, police and plainclothes.
Urgent News: Loaders Ready to Demolish Gonabadi Dervishes Worship-place in Shahrekord, Surrounded by Security Forces
According to a report by Majzooban Noor, a few hours ago with the massive presence of special forces officers in front of worship-place of Gonabadi dervishes in Shahrekord, Mr. Mansour Saffarian and Mehdi Davari arrested.
Switching Dervishes Dossier In Court: Ruling Power Forces The Media Against Reporting
The trial of seven Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers and Majzooban Noor website managers is going to begin on the end of this month (Aban-Nov) for three consecutive days under judgement of Mr.Salavati.